Hire John Imrie | Bagpiper in Cardiff

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About John Imrie

Experienced event bagpiper in South Wales

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Cardiff

Traditional Highland Piper based in Cardiff and able to travel to surrounds. Piper John has been playing the Highland Bagpipes for over 40 years. He has played with the Warrington Pipe Band, Durban Caledonian Society Pipe Band, Cape Town Highlanders Pipe Band and the Welsh Piping Society. John has performed at numerous Weddings, Funerals, Parties, New Year Celebrations, Burns Suppers and Pipe Band Competitions & Tattoos (including Edinburgh Tattoo and Basel Tattoo).

John Imrie

5 out of 5

3 verified reviews

Satisfaction

5.0

Professionalism

5.0

Communication

5.0

Punctuality

5.0

John Imrie's Reviews

5 out of 5

Excellent very polite and a very nice man would definitely recommend him him 100%

5 out of 5

Thanks John for making our wedding day even more special, for being so accommodating with the last minute changes, and for the great choice if Scottish and Welsh pieces, you are so talented but also a great person, and so is your wife.

5 out of 5

We booked John for my mother’s funeral. John was friendly and professional. He did everything I had requested, walked in front of the hearse, played us into the chapel and played us out. John was perfect for our Mam’s send off and his playing made it all the more emotional but so beautiful and a fitting end for our Queen. He played beautifully and it was so touching at the end when he walked away from us still playing. I would not hesitate to recommend John. Thank you so much John, you were exceptional.

Reply from John Imrie

1 year ago

Hi Helen. Thank you for the review, it was a pleasure to have shared the experience with you. Kind regards. John.

Thank you so much for playing at our wedding, it was such a wonderful day and everyone enjoyed the added touch of having a piper play!

In November 2012, you played at our wedding at Volmoed near Hermanus. Still very happily married and my wife cries whenever she hears bagpipes!

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John Imrie's Song list

If you don't see your favourite, please let me know. This is not my full list and I can also usually source and learn most bagpipe tunes.

Amazing Grace

Highland Cathedral

Slow airs/songs

Caledonia

Cock of the North

Danny boy

Going Home

Happy Birthday

Hector the Hero

Maries Wedding

Mull of Kintyre

My Home

Scottish soldier

The Ballad of Glencoe

The Cradle song

The Dark Isle

The Flower of Scotland

The Leaving of Liverpool

The Mingualy boat song

The Mist covered mountains

The Skye boat song

We're no awa tae bide awa

When the pipers play

Westering home

Laments

Flowers of the Forrest

Sleep Dearie Sleep

Hymns

Abide with me

Oft the Stilly Night

Marches

Balmoral

Bloody fields of Flanders

Bonnie Dundee

Bonnie Galloway

Castle dangerous

Colins cattle

Cullen bay

Donald MacLean of Lewis

Farewell to the Creeks

Highland laddie

Killiecrankie

Liberton pipe band

Lochanside

Loch Maree

Loch Ruan

Lord Lovat's lament

Mairi's wedding

Meeting of the waters

Murdo's wedding

Scotland the Brave

The 79ths Farewell to Gibraltar

The Atholl Highlanders

The Barren Rocks of Aden

The Bathgate Highland games

The Battle of the Somme

The Black bear

The Bonnie Lass of Fyvie

The Brown haired maiden

The Crags of tumble down mountain

The Drunken piper

The Glendaurel highlanders

The Green Hills of Tyrol

The Heights of Dargai

The Highland wedding

The Muckin o Geordies byre

The Old rustic bridge

The Road to the Isles

The Rose of Allendale

The Roses of Prince Charlie

The Rowan Tree

The Steam boat

The Weary maid

When the Battle's O'er

Wings

Jigs

Banjo Breakdown

Glasgow City police pipers

Nelson Mandela’s Welcome to Glasgow

Hornpipes

Clumsy lover

The High drive

Burns

Auld Lang Syne

A Man's a man for a that

My Love she's but a Lassie yet

Corn rigs are bonnie

Ye Banks and Braes

Will ye no come back again

Welsh

Welsh National Anthem

Calon Lan

Cwm Rhondda

Land of my Fathers

John Imrie's Prices

Note: prices may vary based on travel distance. For an exact quote, click “Check availability”.

Performance duration	Price
Short performance (up to 15 min)	£100
Up to 1 hour	£150
Up to 2 hours	£200
Up to 3 hours	£200

Customer questions

What if my timings change after I've booked you?

I always try our best to be flexible to help ensure your event runs as smoothly as possible. If timings change slightly in the run up to the event just let me know.

Can you provide an iPod/DJ service before and between your sets?

Not relevant

How much time do you need to set up?

I don't need any setup time. I tune prior to arrival.

Can I pick the pieces you play from the set list?

Yes, sure, and let me know if you have additional special requests for bagpiping tunes and I will try to assist.

Do you bring all the equipment you need to perform?

Yes

Can you learn specific pieces before the event?

If a song isn't included in my song list there may still be a chance we already know it. If there is a special song you'd like me to learn or try to see if it goes on bagpipes then I can try to assist where possible.

Musicianship

Genres:

Traditional Scottish folk, Christmas, Contemporary Christian, Military, Traditional church music, Folk, Ceilidh, Traditional Irish folk, Traditional English folk, Welsh folk, Scottish music

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Instruments:

Bagpipes

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Event types:

Wedding, Wedding proposal, Funeral / Memorial service, Church service, Hotel / Restaurant event, Bar / Club / Venue event, Private event, Corporate event, Christmas party, New Year's Eve, Charity event, Concert, Recording session, Theatre / Show, Burns night, Birthday party, Cruise

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